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What Does a President Really Do All Day?

by: PeterApril 27, 2008

This is a great reflection by Joel Achenbach (Washington Post) on the job of the president and how it has changed over the past 200 years. It makes you wonder. No one can really prepare for this job. My preferred candidate is still Barak Obama. But I recognize that we are all taking a

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Diary

Going after The Boss and Obama

by: PeterApril 19, 2008

Curious News, Diary

Catholic Heaven & Hell: The Pope Visits America

by: PeterApril 18, 2008

I consider myself an honorary alumnus of the catholic church since as child I went to catholic mass, was asked to go to confession even though at the time a had nothing to confess, and served as an altar boy although I did not belong to catholic faith. Like any alumnus of an

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Movies, Phantasy

Live Free or Die Hard

by: PeterApril 17, 2008

Die Hard is not the kind of title that lures me into the theatre. But one day in a hotel room somewhere around the globe I came across a TV channel that showed one of the earlier Die Hard movies. I don’t remember which one it was. It played in New York City. The film

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Humor, People

Ivana Trump: “Beautiful, smart, sexy, powerful, successful, young in spirit”

by: PeterApril 12, 2008

All too rarely do older woman get to marry much younger men. Savour this beautiful story in People Magazine about the new marriage of Ivana Trump. Ivana Trump Marries for the Fourth Time The socialite weds her Italian beau amid thousands of flowers, a French orchestra Their sons, Donald Jr., 30, and Eric, 24, gave the bride

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Humor, Situations

Fast Forward to a Dramatic Democratic Convention in Denver

by: PeterApril 7, 2008

The Democratic Party is closer than it’s ever been to a political nightmare—a deadlocked convention. Though the odds of its actually happening are still remote, the idea is so rich with dramatic possibility that we asked Lawrence O’Donnell Jr., former West Wing writer-producer, to play out a scenario in movie-treatment form. The premise is that

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Curious News, Diary

The Pregnant Man

by: PeterApril 5, 2008

I wondered how is it possible. Has technology advanced so far that female organs and an embryo were implanted into a man’s womb? See this mind-bending story from the Oprah Show on YouTube.

Follow-up April 23, 2012

Diary

Two Girls Strolling By

by: PeterApril 4, 2008

When I was going for lunch today, two girls strolled by and one said to the other:

Movies, Phantasy

Bee Movie

by: PeterApril 3, 2008

Shrek 1 and 2 bored me sufficiently that I never watched the entire movie. Could the makers of the Shrek sequel come up with an animation film that could compete with Pixar creations? Yes, but only after teaming up with the comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Having watched a very funny trailer for the film a few

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Humor, Situations

“HILLARY! STOP THE ATTACKS!” LOVE, OBAMA GIRL

by: PeterApril 2, 2008